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Inmate climbs roof of building at Okeechobee Correctional Institution

An inmate at the Okeechobee Correctional Institution had to be coaxed off the roof of a building Friday morning, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said.

Shortly after 10 a.m., an inmate was found in an area of the prison that he wasn't supposed to be, spokeswoman Misty Cash said. Instead of returning to the proper area, the inmate ran off and managed to climb up to the roof of a building, Cash said.

Corrections deputies spent about 40 minutes trying to convince him to come down.

It wasn't known how the inmate got up to the roof or what he intended to do, but Cash said he will be disciplined.

The inmate has been at the prison since 2006. His name wasn't released.

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